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[Johnnyutah16]

we may have discussed this but why havent Tagruato...

[riquardo]

Thanks for the pic Matt! Obviously it won't be the same machine (even the logo is slight different), but it's a nice catch.

(and sorry for the double post before, guys)

[smartmart]

The language selector on the welcome page is still only working on"English". Why would they put such a feature if it is not to be used? I tought at first that the english version was put first and that the rest will be active later. Even stranger, since it is a native Japanese corporation, why does the Japanese version is not online? And to continue, the three small link at the bottom are still not active: Policy, site map and help.

[Euchre]

[Status]

It creates the look and feel of a multi-national company.

[smartmart]

Well I surely would have like the French version, since that my main language. But I realise that it narrows the searchable terms. I can imagine the labor to duplicate websites after websites, just because you want people to be able to stay IG when looking for "nectar des fonds marins" . Anyway, they could have skip it if it is not being of any uses.

[dalphx]

Chuai Station

[Johnnyutah16]

Dalphx, i agree

[dalphx]

Re: Dalphx, i agree

[Dr. Awkward]

Special FX

[Euchre]

A few creatures that live at that depth which do have eyes create their own light.

Our monster could be a huge Mag-Lite.

[Mikeyj]

Possibly more than a few - topically the Antares telescope for neutrino spotting (like bird watching but less fun) is covered in photoreceptors. A side effect of which is that the physicists are being distracted by all the glowing bugs out there. The New Scientist article is here but moslty behind subscription (dammit) will edit with real thing when I finally find it!

[willsmith]

2-25-95

[eliwein]

Did anybody read The Dark Tower series by Stephen King? The whole "everything has to do with 1, 8, 18 etc" is just like the number 19 thing. Its more of a subplot than anything else, not interfering with the story, but it kinda binds everything together in a cool way.
Hopefully it stays that way; when you make obsessions with numbers the main plot, you get a disaster like "The Number 23".

EDIT: 100th post! Wooo!

[God Machine]

I've got two questions.
First off, why is E.U.R.R. placed as EU.R.R. on the drilling station map? It seems just a little strange that they would miss the punctuation and never correct it. But then again, I've seen punctuation mistakes that bother me on website pages go unchanged for months if at all.
Second, why is Chuai Station on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at all? They can't possibly be drilling for oil in divergent zone where the rock is all relatively new. Oil takes aeons to form and the rock in the area would only be a few thousand years old at most, it would be unlikely a great deal of organic material has gathered underneath the freshly formed rock. There would be little, if any, petrol to drill up there. The other sites are more reasonable, a good portion of them do actually have countries either searching or currently drilling for oil. But as far as I can find, it is unfeasible and illogical to be drilling along the Atlantic divergent boundary.